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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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